Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-17
MINING NEWS.

Prospecting Lively In the Pnilipsbsrg
Distrses-rHSBig BS.snssaDssl-1
s Bpstsa ana AontanS Prepseass.
J.. Jacoby and Fred 0srriala hSvt1ust
arrived from . prospecting "trip 70 thu
PhiIpsbure country. They say that tho
whole country there IL completely staked
out by parties locating isdssr. Tho rail-
road will be completed there in abo I =
month, the grading bsiuE . about al Icoh}
pleted. Jim Hammond brought in from
Harvey creek some very fne specimens OF
gold quartz and thereby caused some OK
element in that neighborhood. % Hf.
Jacoby says that q party Of ~prospectSrs
from the Blue Bird have found some very
favorable prospects in Warm SPRING.
creek on the North Fork and arenow there
prospecting their new find. The lodges are
small but very rich especially those IN
Foster creek.
BIG BONANZA.
Negotiations are pending for the purchase
of the Big Bonanza. The amount offered
is 100000. $25, 900 down, the balance to
be paid in nine months, the purchasers
also to take up the present bondo o $4,000,
and in case of failure to purchase by the
parties the mine to revert to the present
lessons who hold the bond. The shaft has
reached twenty-five feet below the 10O-foot
level, three eight-hour shifts are kept husily
/ sinking, and two men on the 100 stopping
| who produce more ore than sufficient to
pay running expenses.
VIEW PROPERTY,
Work on the Mountain View Of sin KIM
the shaft is progressing az rapidly a. that
| kind of work ran be carried OBJ under the
directions of Richard Daw. A new hosting
| works complete il to be erected upon the
mine and bids have been asked from differ
emit companies. A track will be built from
the mine to the Colusa by. which, as at
present contemplated, the loaded car will
haul the empty one back up to the mine.
No work other than enlarging the shaft by
eight-hour shifts is at present being carried
on in the mine. On the 600 level the two
different lodges which were cross-cut at the
time the m; ne was developed in many places
exhibit a width Of from fifteen to twenty
sets, and ore sufi :ient in sight to last
many years. No stopping has been done
at all as yet. The large dump Of ore on
top the proceeds OF the many crosscuts-
is being hauled to the Colusa Smelter. It
will be all OF q year before the hosting
works and other improvements will be
completed. so that work eau DO carried
on in q systematic manner The latest
and most improved machinery will be put
in the new hoist which will be q credit to
this district. Reports from q credible
quarter also predict the construction OF q
new smelter by the company, in addition
- khn No1,Nnn th@s1~h thu onouM~% a. ill
be used until the new M is built, the pres
ent old works being more expensive than
the late improvements in smelling would
be. The Colusa mine is at present working
a force OF men producing ore on which the
smelter is kept busy.
LOCAL NOTES.
The Anaconda and st. Lawrence orc
chutes yesterday were chuck full, an occur.
renee that has not happened at those mines
for a long time.
At the Balm yesterday the engine broke
down, necessitating the stolpage of those
works for a few days, or until the engine is
repaired.
An agent OF the Rockarock powder is
going to the various mines leaving samples
to be tried. Some seem to be highly pleased
with the results.
The Hope Company have their main
shaft about completed to the 25O-foot
station. Cross-cutting will commence
about a week from Monday. and will add
much to the production OF the mine.
The Orphan Girl continues drifting and
developing. The body of ore struck by
running through the foot wall turned out
to be a bunch of lead ore. The report that
became current of the early closing of this
mine was entirely incorrect, as work will
be pushed to thoroughly develop this
property. Mr.. Wells succeeded Mr.. Gates
as Superintendent of this mine.